Napa day 4

Before coming out here to Napa for this conference on patient safety, I wasn’t sure what to expect or what I would get out of this experience. I had this preconceived notion that I already was practicing safe medicine and I didn’t think there was too much that could be taught that I hadn’t already learned in school and as a practicing nurse. So coming here I was interested in what we would be discussing, and to maybe feel more validated in myself that I am doing what I am supposed to. But after the first day starting out with discussions about actual medical errors that have happened that resulted in death and then meeting Helen, after watching about her son made me take a step back and think about a time where maybe I had messed up and thought “oh no big deal” because it was such a small… Continue reading →